The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-03-02
BRIC-A-BRAC.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES.

crossed On
Took her out of her way,
So SIG travelled All day.
And arrived a. the spot She GOT lo>t on.
A Boston girl went to New York,
And tried eating ice-crcam with (; fork;
But :lc'lX and the strain
Proved TOO much for her brain.
So she went back 10 baked beans aid pork
The disease of the mctcr-Gas-trcl
fever.
How to make money faSt-Na;! 4 dollar
to the counter.
Use DR.. Picrcc's pellets Tor al bilious
attacks.
The best chcs. protcctor-Fifty cents 10
the baggage master.
Faint heart never Won fair man. is
the way the girls write it il lcap-ycar.
Parting is rot sweet sorrow to TIC mean
man who must par: witt. his 'norey.
1t much easier to l&; plans than il is 70
hatch them.
People who "ih, into passion arc apt
to get their wings scorchcd.
The Ohio boy who has been killed i,y IN
orange peel didn't slip down OIL IL he ate il.
There are few men who Go not think
they are strong enough TO ''holti &n Office.
Artificial flowers are now so cyguisite!.y
scented that they are mistaken ;or natural
flowers.
For an agreeable breakfast . good eel
depends upon having the skin taken oil
before frying.
It doesn't speak much Of the size Of 4
mans mind when It takes him only 4 min
ute to make it up.
An English paper says that Americans
are good listeners. Our invention OF The
telephone proves it.
She-Do you believe in love at first sight:
He-Ccrtainly. my dear; I've loved more
than hundred women at first sight
When candidate gets into the hands of
his friends. the next move IS to get their
hand in his pockets.
No" she said, Svectlv, II don't object
to the smell Of :; cigar; its the smell OF the
smoke don't like.
The proper question to ask ! Young
woman who is about to clope Is, DOES
your mother know your r0u;t!!
Every atf!iction has It's blessing. The
man with a wooden leg never knows what
it is to have rheumatism in that ankle.
A young man calls his sweetheart rare
opportunity because she is worthy OF be
ing embraced.
An exchange says muSh has become 8
popular dish in society. Nothing seems 10
take like something soft.
Black eyes denotes passion. It is gencr
ally safe to SLY that the man with 4 black
eye has angercd some one.
It is very strange that after q hose IS
broke he is worth twice as much. white
after man is broke he isn't worth q cent.
Soap doesn't cost as much rs diamonds.
but lots o. people don't seem to be able 20
afford both.
The size Of men 5 pants is to lie increased.
SO glad. The dudes can now have sit
ting down spell
"DebutaDtc' asks: ''N-hat is The best
costume for q BALI That depcu,is. y
fShball looks best in brown, with pork cut
bias.
You're the greatest woman cver heard
of, said the boy to his mother; you tel
me have 4 bad temper, and yet blame NE
for losing It,
Doctors say that ,,:crie would hc he;,!;i:
icr if they ale more onions. Undoubtedly
they woul,! It wo@!i! keep tlc!A from
going out nights.
\ Washington clerk who had a Ees o;
specie drop on his finger is one OF ihe fey:
ln t.l r>,,iIi, y, an
hand
Two Connecticut lovers have just made
up after Il quarrel which TOOK place IS
years ago Some people Cannot hold
malice.
A country newspapers weekly market
report contains the item There has no;
been enough country butter in town this
week 10 grease gimlet.
japanese soldiers carry fans. If they arc
all as ugly rs those sent to this country. We
doat wonder they JapS) arc co!!S!,:trcd
more effective than SurS.
\ man in one Of the suburbs knows how
to play on two cornc!s at once. The neigh
DorS say that they don't object to bis know
ing how, but he had better rot try to do il.
A Virginia girl married L tramp who
turned out to be 4 duke. We've 10 pity
for her. She should have known what nc
was before she married him.
In the Boston Directory Of 1899 the peo-
pie of color are in separate list. Colored
folks are not so proud now, and permit
their names to appear among those OF the
plain people.
The man who mouTns over the w;;nton
destruction of oIr forests does not hesitate
to fill his pockets with gratuitous tooth
picks at the restaurant after eating :. haSty
plate of soup.
An exchange says that recently a New
York policeman got drunk on duty. We
did not know that New York policemen
were fond enough Of duty to become in
toXicated with it.
It isn't always to be taken for 9: .atcd |
that man is extra devotional because his
trousers bag ct the knees, any more than i !
is to be assumed than 4 womanS picty can !
be gauged by the amount OF gilt upon her |
prayer-book.
No said q young man, Il don; like |
tashy neckties, but l have worn them since
the beginning OF the silk quilt craze. You
see, the girls beg the ties, and that makes
the fellow who wears them OF some in
portance.
An eminent lawyer, having a prepost@r-
Gus case sent to him foran opinion. replied
in answer to the question: Would ~ &C
ton lic:" ''IcS, if the witnesses would
u.